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The Marine Corps was established by an act of the
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Confederate Torpedo Bureau was not part of the Navy Department. It was part of the War Department; i.e., the army. The Submarine Battery Service comprised the navy's torpedo specialists. It was created 31 October 1862 and originally commanded by Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury. The Submarine
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Armstrong breech-loading rifled cannon be acquired for each vessel. An amendment to this act passed on May 21, 1861 granted the Department of the Navy the power to grant patents concerning armed vessels, floating batteries, or other defenses.
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was responsible for the operation of several medical facilities in
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Battery Service primarily utilized electrically-detonated torpedoes to protect the South's waterways.
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The Department of the Navy was established by an act of the Provisional Confederate Congress in
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